Roman Safiullin and James McCabe will face off in the qualifications of the Mallorca Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.18
James McCabe -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. James McCabe
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-16 | 5-7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 99, the Russian got to the qualifications after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Moro Canas (7-5 6-1). During the match, Safiullin scored 72 points vs Moro Canas’s 48. Roman was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin scored 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Roman Safiullin was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Moro Canas 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Safiullin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (348-171). 3-2 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Safiullin has an overall 5-4 match record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Vasek Pospisil in the final 6-2 7-5.
The Russian has a compiled 23-15 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Mallorca
Roman has never competed in this tournament before.
James McCabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-19 | 18-13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-27 | 24-14 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 30-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-5 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 274, McCabe got to the qualifications after beating Michael Geerts 6-3 3-6 7-64.
In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Geerts (6-3 3-6 7-64). During the match McCabe scored 94 points vs Geerts’s 90. James was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe made 14 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, James McCabe was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (50/63) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Geerts once.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger and the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.
James has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 |
| Pts | 72-48 | 94-90 |
| Total Points | 120 | 184 |
| Winners | 27 | 50 |
| %Winners | 38% | 53% |
Both Safiullin and McCabe played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, James McCabe conceded 1 set while Roman Safiullin hasn’t lost a set so far. Safiullin has played 1 set(s) less than McCabe (2 vs 3). Therefore, Safiullin played 12 games less than McCabe. Safiullin scored 27 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, James struck 50 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 14 |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 63/99 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 50/63 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 20/36 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 56% |
Safiullin managed to score 6 aces . McCabe recorded 14 aces . Safiullin won 90% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | McCabe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 33% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Australian broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. McCabe conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||
| Q1 Moro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-48 | 72-48 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 27/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| McCabe | |||
| Q1 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 94-90 | 94-90 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 63/99 | 63/99 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 50/63 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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